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Catherine Thompson

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Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.

Wisconsin state Rep. Brett Hulsey, a Democratic candidate for governor, plans to blitz the state's Republican convention this weekend with Ku Klux Klan hoods he refers to as "Republican Party hats," according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The head of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People resigned Thursday night amid criticism of his organization's decision to honor Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

A Scientific American editor must have struck a nerve over at Fox News this week when he tweeted about having a "Fox & Friends" producer shoot down his idea to talk about the impacts of climate change on the show.

The irony of a congressman who was once recorded telling a reporter that he'd throw him "off this f*cking balcony" now being indicted on federal fraud charges in connection with an earthy-crunchy health food restaurant was not lost on Jon Stewart.